cabresto
English edit
Noun edit
cabresto (plural cabrestos)
- A halter (headpiece for animal).
- 1851, Sporting Magazine, volume 18, page 274:
- It is said that if a cabresto is laid round the sleeping traveller , the snake will not get within it.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since the 13th century; inherited from Latin capistrum.
Noun edit
cabresto m (plural cabrestos)
References edit
- “cabresto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
Mirandese edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cabresto (masculine plural cabrestos, feminine singular cabresta, feminine plural cabrestas)
- (derogatory) idiot, fool, moron
Further reading edit
“cabresto” in MIRANDA DO DOURO
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cabresto, inherited from Latin capistrum. Doublet of the borrowing capistro.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧bres‧to
Noun edit
cabresto m (plural cabrestos)
- halter (animal’s headgear)